On this day, after the surprise attack on the cliff was repulsed, the fire ant army's scattered offensive failed to take advantage, and they did not find a suitable location for a breakthrough.
The fire ant army launched another fierce attack in the afternoon. Although the fighting was fierce, the enemy failed to achieve any breakthrough.
Before dusk, the fire ant army began to retreat like yesterday, and the fire ant soldiers and slave auxiliaries returned to the tree nest in the Golden Beach Forest.
The Legion of the God-Emissary King ended its second fierce battle since landing in this area. The last time there was such a fierce battle dates back to yesterday.
To the delight of everyone in the Divine Envoy King's army, the next day, the Flying Knight reported: The Red Fire Ant Army, together with the auxiliary troops, did not go in the direction of [Xinyang City] after setting off from the tree nest, but in the direction of the main nest of the Red Fire Ant Kingdom. Withdrew.
The flying knights followed all the way to confirm that the enemy had retreated to the territory instead of changing a route and taking a detour to [Xinyang City].
It seems that the enemy's offensive yesterday has been exhausted, and they have lost the ability and courage to continue the attack.
The enemy retreated, and the commander of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, the Divine Soldier Ants, and the Divine Worker Ants were very happy. They felt that the Divine Envoy King's Legion had won another victory.
The soldiers left the city wall, collected the enemy's corpses on the battlefield, and recovered materials such as ballista shells and slings.
They didn't care that the enemy didn't take away the corpse, but the Legion of the God's Envoy King was afraid that the corpse would not be restrained and would bring plague, so they had to collect the corpse for the enemy.
Different from the excitement and busyness of the whole army, the protagonist is meditating alone. He knows that things are not that simple. The enemy's retreat may only be due to other reasons, not fear of his own side.
The protagonist clearly sees that in the past few days of fighting, the enemy has not been beaten, hurt or frightened. The God's Envoy King's Legion is no longer at its peak. Now even the frontal force of only 10,000 warriors, the God's Envoy King's Legion has not caused fatal damage to the opponent.
From ambushing the enemy's troops chasing the Belly Ant to two consecutive days of offensive and defensive battles, the Divine Envoy King's army had only killed four to five thousand enemies. The enemy still has at least half of his troops ready to fight.
The God's Envoy Army has also suffered a lot of losses. If the battle continues, it will be difficult for the God's Envoy Army to maintain its current strength.
The protagonist's guess was correct. The fire ant army retreated simply because they were out of food and grass. This army did not carry much food and grass when they went out to conquer the tree nest. Most of the food and grass seized after conquering the tree nest was transported back to the food-deficient homeland.
Attacking [Xinyang City] for two consecutive days has already reached the bottom line of food security for the fire ant army. They carried too few auxiliary troops, only enough to serve the soldiers, and could not afford to send auxiliary troops out to look for food.
Although the commander of the Red Fire Ant Army knows that if the mission is not completed, the Elders Council will severely punish him. But he knew better that losing too many of his own warriors here would be a stupid act that even God could not save him from.
Although he failed to conquer the new alien ants this time, he conquered the abdominal ant clan as planned, and at the same time learned the military strength of the alien ants - this is a very powerful group of ants. I believe that if the merits and demerits are equal, I will not be punished too severely.
The commander of the fire ants has wisely calculated all his own gains and losses.
——I am the dividing line——
After learning that the enemy had retreated, the Divine Envoy King's army began to prepare even busier and even crazily for battle.
Through the first head-to-head confrontation, the God Envoy King Legion knew its current shortcomings.
For example: they have too few troops. The Divine Envoy King's Legion now only has three legions of standing troops, among which the combat effectiveness of the third legion is still worrying.
On the same day, under the order of the protagonist, the Angel King's army began the largest preparations for war since the landing.
A large number of worker ants went out and began to search for food almost frantically, fishing for food in the dry lake. In the past, ants would intentionally skip some eggs to ensure the number of future prey.
But now, the foraging team of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, from the northern forests to the river beaches, dug almost three feet into the ground to bring back all the edible and usable resources.
In [Xinyang City], all the big-headed ant god soldier ants and soldier ants gathered together, and specialized male ants inspected them one by one according to tradition, and selected healthy and non-disabled soldier ants to prepare for the formation of a new army. . This scene also takes place in other vassal ant tribes.
Based on the current number of ant colonies in [Xinyang City], the protagonist plans to form 3 new legions and reorganize the 3rd legion at the same time, so that there will be 6 main legions composed entirely of big-headed ant soldier ants.
The Sickle Hunting Ant Clan is responsible for providing the 12 scout squads required by these six legions.
At the same time, some squads separated from the 3rd legion, plus other newly formed troops from the vassal ant tribe, the protagonist can still have 20 pavement ant squads and 10 abdominal ant squads ("Old Heart Lifting Ant Squad") The 10 leaf-cutter ant squads were mixed into the dissatisfied 101st Legion.
At the same time, there are also some worker ants of various races working on the city wall in sections. The amount of work they needed to complete was huge.
The protagonist discovered in actual combat that the relatively smooth city wall was not conducive to the climbing of fire ants, so he wanted to raise the front wall of [Xinyang City] to 2 decimeters, twice the current height.
In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the defenders, a hole was opened in the city wall at the east corner and a new city gate was built: the city gate was guarded by two towers. The gate only had an opening without a door, but in an emergency, the protagonist or several gods could be guarded by the protagonist. The soldier ants worked together to move a stone to tightly block the doorway.
At the same time, the density of towers on the city wall will increase to half a meter each, and ballistas will be installed to enhance long-range firepower.
Whether building towers or making ballistae, a lot of ant hands are needed.
In addition to heightening the front wall, the protagonist is also preparing to surround the entire peninsula with a low wall to ensure that no more sneak attacks will occur.
Inside [Xinyang City], a small amount of bronze weapons in stock were reused and used together with gravel weapons to arm the newly formed troops.
In the workshop, more gravel weapons are being manufactured. Gravel is the only weapon material that the Divine Envoy King's legion currently has no shortage of.
Not just in stone tool workshops, but in almost all workshops, ant workers work hard in two shifts. These workshops involve food or utensils, and also play an important role in the Legion of God's Envoy King.
At the same time, in this battle, the iron armor proved its worth and made the protagonist's desire to obtain iron ore even stronger.
In order to deal with the red fire ants that are coming back at any time, the protagonist decides to send a mission, carrying some gifts, hoping to establish a trade or even alliance relationship with the leaf-cutter ant country.
From the completely surrendered "Old Heart", the protagonist knows that some local ant groups can form "alliance relationships".
